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State must pay former accused for breach of constitutional rights

Queen’s Counsel Larry Smith recently secured another constitutional court victory against the state.This time it was on behalf of former accused Shamar Tyrone Patrick of Chapman Village, St Thomas who was awarded $35 000, by the High Court, for breach of his constitutional rights.Patrick was 16 years old when he was charged with the February 3, 2006 offence of causing serious bodily harm with intent to maim, disfigure or disable another.The matter was before the Magistrates’ Court and after multiple adjournments the preliminary inquiry got underway before now retired Magistrate Roberts Simmons on February 16, 2007 and went on until July 23, 2012. It was then adjourned sine die and never came back on for hearing. ....

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Ex-murder accused to get more money from state for breach of Constitutional rights

Former murder accused Pedro Deroy Ellis has won another case against the State for breach of his constitutional rights, just over a month after the court awarded him $75 000 for wrongful detention.However, the amount he will receive in damages will not be known for another two weeks.Justice Cecil McCarthy, who heard the case, has instructed lawyers for both sides to file submissions on the quantum of the award by August 24, following which he is expected to hand down a written decision on August 30.In May 2013, Ellis was arrested for the May 5, 2013 murder of Antonio Harewood and was remanded to prison. In February 2014, he made his first of many bail applications before the High Court.However, all his attempts were unsuccessful. One such application was made in December 2016, a decision he subsequently took before the Court of Appeal. He filed the notice of appeal in March 2017 and the matter was heard by a panel of judges in March 2018. The decision was handed down a year later.Ellis ....

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Lawyer - award 'set right' a wrong to client

Defense attorney Queen’s Counsel Larry Smith says his client, former murder accused Pedro Deroy Ellis, feels “vindicated” by the High Court’s decision to award him $75 000 in damages after he was unlawfully incarcerated.The outcome of the constitutional case, he said, had “set aright” an error.On Monday, Madam Justice Shona Griffith ordered that Ellis be paid $50 000 in non-pecuniary damages and $25 000 in vindicatory damages, given that his constitutional rights had been breached when he was remanded to prison for 18 days after his criminal trial was concluded in the High Court and he was found not guilty of murder. ....

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